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The Story of the Three Giant Hippopotamuses
Posted by Chad Orzel on March 27, 2012 Once upon a time, there were three giant hippopotamuses… No, Daddy, it was three little pigs. This is a completely different story, honey. Once upon a time, there were three giant hippopotamuses, who lived together in a river in Africa. They lived in a house. Well, hippos spend most of their time in the water,…
The Pip Takes the Conn
Posted by Chad Orzel on March 18, 2012 Captain’s Log, Stardate 031812 USS BabyPod Lieutenant Commander The Pip reporting: Hey, this space pod thing is pretty neat: Wait, what? You mean I get to be in charge of this. All by myself?
Story by SteelyKid
Posted by Chad Orzel on March 16, 2012 While I was editing and posting the pictures for last night’s family blogging, SteelyKid came in and said “Daddy, we watched [indistinct name] today, and they created their own story on the show. But I don’t know how to do that.” “Sure you do, honey,” I said. “You create stories all the time. You were…
Thursday Family Blogging 031512
Posted by Chad Orzel on March 15, 2012 Yesterday was “Pi Day” (3-14, in the American style of writing dates), and while I personally find it kind of silly, The Pip took it to heart, using it as the occasion for his first rotation of π radians about his long axis. That is, he rolled from his back onto his stomach. Which is…
Bonsoir, Baboon
Posted by Chad Orzel on February 16, 2012 One of SteelyKid’s favorite bedtimes reads is Good Night, Gorilla, which is very short and mostly pictures. We’ve read it about a million times, so to mix things up (and further my goal of convincing her that I’m a blithering idiot), I’ll give it different titles when I hold it up before reading it. She…
Syncretic Pre-Schooler Blogging
Posted by Chad Orzel on February 12, 2012 We send SteelyKid to preschool at the Jewish Community Center in Schenectady, because when we looked at day care programs back in the day, they had the one we liked best. This is a mixed blessing in a number of ways– they close for a lot of religious holidays when nothing else closes, creating some…
Lap Desk?
Posted by Chad Orzel on February 1, 2012 It’s apparently a good day for asking questions of the readership, so here’s another one: as SteelyKid has gotten older and more active, she’s become a real drain on productivity, especially at bedtime. Bedtime is now a process rather like a certain spoof book, extending well over an hour, and involving repeated requests to come…
Weekend Family Blogging
Posted by Chad Orzel on January 8, 2012 Lots of people ask how SteelyKid is taking to having a younger sibling. Well, judge for yourself: This is during the Giants-Falcons playoff game this afternoon, but it’s pretty typical. When both SteelyKid and The Pip are home, she’s always running over to give him kisses and hugs and chatter at him. She’s super excited…
Baby Formulae
Posted by Chad Orzel on December 27, 2011 One of The Pip’s Christmas presents simply demands to be shown off here: This is a baby blanket knitted by his awesome Aunt Anastasia, with three physics equations on it. They’re subtle, but if you look closely, you can read them: E=mc2, V=IR, and F=ma. All the other babies will be jealous of his knowledge…
Thursday Family Blogging 121511
Posted by Chad Orzel on December 15, 2011 We got a good group photo this week, showing everybody, with Appa for scale, even: Here, SteelyKid is opening a bag of small presents that Aunt Norma and Uncle Dan sent, while the Pip engages in the traditional five-week-old-infant pursuit of sleeping a whole lot. When she’s not opening early Christmas gifts, SteelyKid too engages…
